Rishi Sunak: Our new Prime Minister
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
After his rivals Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt pulled out of the race, he was elected unopposed.
The former chancellor, 42, said: "There is no doubt we face a profound economic challenge. We now need stability and unity."
He'll be the first British Asian prime minister, and the youngest PM since 1812.
Can Mr Sunak turn around the economic fallout from the disastrous weeks-long premiership of his predecessor Liz Truss, and unify the party?
On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood is joined by Kirsty Buchanan, who worked with Mr Sunak in his first government job, Simon French, chief economist at Panmure Gordon investment bank, and Sky’s political correspondent Liz Bates, to profile the new PM and discuss how he will handle his early days in charge.
Producers: Soila Apparicio and Rosie Gillott
Interviews Producer: Alys Bowen
Podcast Promotions Producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Paul Stanworth
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You know what you're getting with a wedding? |
| 0:03.0 | Wedding hats. |
| 0:05.0 | A baby in a waistcoat crying throughout the vows. |
| 0:09.0 | Themed tables. |
| 0:11.0 | Awkward best man's speech. |
| 0:14.0 | The plus one? |
| 0:16.0 | Hello. |
| 0:17.0 | People dancing in a circle. |
| 0:20.0 | Ruin rental suit. |
| 0:22.5 | Sometimes in life you just know what you're getting. |
| 0:24.8 | Like a luxury bed and a great night's sleep. |
| 0:28.0 | You know what you're getting with Premier Inn. |
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| 1:00.7 | From Sky News podcasts. People treat it as a joke, a juicy bit of gossip. After the scandal, |
| 1:08.2 | which ultimately brought down a prime minister. |
| 1:13.4 | Mr Pinscher, what exactly happened in the Carton Club? |
| 1:16.2 | We take you inside the corridors of power. |
| 1:22.0 | I felt someone grab my ass, and I turned around and this guy was just like, looking right at me. |
| 1:24.7 | You know, basically, if it's not full and rape, it's okay. |
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